Softball rallies for split with Skidmore
Courtesy of Skidmore Sports Information
Saratoga Springs, NY- The MCLA Softball team returned to action and split a pair of games with Skidmore this afternoon. The Trailblazers fell in the opener 16-1 in five innings, but rebounded for a 2-1 win in game two. The Trailblazers are now 3-13 on the season.
GAME 1
Skidmore sent 13 players to the plate, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to turn a 7-1 lead into a 16-1 final.
Genesis Delgado had a two-run double to start the run. Heather Mak had a bases loaded triple for the innings other key hit.
Katie Anderson went 3-3 with two doubles and three RBI. Megan White was 1-3 with a triple and three runs. Delaney Corbet was 2-4 with a double and three RBI and Hanna Davis went 2-2 with a double and two RBI.
Emily Popp (3-3) was solid, allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts for the complete game win.
GAME 2
MCLA's pitching made a marked improvement in the second game. Samantha Feinstein allowed one unearned run on four hits with seven strikeouts.
A pair of unearned first inning runs were all the Trailblazers needed.
Skidmore scored its run in the second when Davis singled to right and scored on Anderson's infield out .
Starter Nicole Rosner (2-3) took the loss. Davis pitched three innings of one-hit scoreless relief. Popp finished with 2.1 innings of one-hit scoreless relief of her own.
MCLA will start conference play on Saturday when they head to Framingham State.